PICKERINGTON, Ohio – Investigators with the U.S. Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) say in a report that they found alleged wrongdoing in the relationships between certain National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) employees of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and anti-access groups, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. The U.S. Interior Department’s OIG referred [...] Continue Reading

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HUSQVARNA HEATS UP ENDUROCROSS ROUND 4 Graffunder leads Pro Jr. Fight. October 5, 2009 – Woodcliff Lake, NJ – It was time to lace up the gloves and step into the ring as 57 of the best EnduroCross competitors in the world showed up for a prizefight in Columbus, Ohio, last Saturday night. When all was said [...] Continue Reading

GEICO AMA EnduroCross releases its ‘09 TV schedule as part of the Lucas Oil Motorsports Hour on Versus Blazusiak and Dietrich’s epic battle at Vegas’ Orleans opens the EnduroCross season on Versus Oct. 11th, 4 p.m. EST, on the Lucas Oil Motorsports Hour ANAHEIM, Calif. (Oct. 6, 2009) – What better way to open GEICO AMA [...] Continue Reading

Only a few days after the celebration for the opening of the new Husqvarna headquarters, Husqvarna Motorcycles already has another reason to celebrate: the achievement of 25.000 motorcycles produced. Friday October 2nd 2009 was an important milestone in the history of Husqvarna Motorcycles: it was the day on which the 25,000th motorcycle was produced in the [...] Continue Reading

Mathews, IN – Factory Husaberg rider Nick Fahringer earned 3rd overall at the final round of the National Enduro Series. Fahringer started the race off well although he commented that is was very cold and hard to get warmed up before the event started in the morning. “It was cold outside and I got arm pump [...] Continue Reading

Battle for German Cross Country Championship decided Hungarian rider Kornel Nemeth landed a title win at the final round of the German Cross Country Championship (GCC) at Schefflenz. The KTM rider, who had already clinched the prestigious ADAC Masters Motocross trophy three weeks earlier, prevailed after arch rival Simo Kirssi failed to finish the race. BMW [...] Continue Reading

Husaberg North America, a division of KTM Motorsports, Inc. is honored to welcome distinguished, eight-time National Enduro Champion Mike Lafferty to the Husaberg Factory Race Team for the remainder of the 2009 and 2010 season. Lafferty, with over 20 year’s race experience, is looking forward to a new challenge and racing aboard a new team. “I [...] Continue Reading

PICKERINGTON, Ohio — America has once again claimed the top spot at the world’s biggest motocross race, winning one of the most competitive Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations in history, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. Hopes for another AMA Team USA win at the Motocross of Nations, held this year in Franciacorta, Italy, were [...] Continue Reading

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 4, 2009 Kamo Earns 3rd at Jericho Hare and Hound Jericho, UT – Shock Doctor/KTM rider David Kamo earned 3rd overall at the seventh round of the Hare and Hound Series while KTM rider Russ Pearson took the overall. Russ Pearson grabbed the early lead followed by Destry Abbott, Kamo and his Shock Doctor/KTM teammate [...] Continue Reading

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 5, 2009 Bobbitt Wins National Enduro Championship Mathews, IN – Shock Doctor/KTM rider Russell Bobbitt took home his third National Enduro Championship title at the tenth and final round of the series against his toughest competitor and teammate, 8-time champion Mike Lafferty. Both Shock Doctor/KTM riders rode a strong race in the final battle for [...] Continue Reading

Taddy Blazusiak battled Aaron to the finish and Colton Haaker rounded out the podium Photos by: Rodney Webb COLUMBUS, OH (October 3, 2009) – Geoff Aaron, the ten time National Enduro champion has competed in all but one Geico EnduroCross events over the past five years and has come close to winning a main event several [...] Continue Reading

U.S. lawmakers conduct hearing that considers banning motorized vehicles from more than 9 million acres in Utah PICKERINGTON, Ohio – American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) staff was on-site to monitor a U.S. House subcommittee hearing today, Oct. 1, on a measure aimed at banning off-highway motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles (ATV) from one-sixth of the state of Utah. The [...] Continue Reading

As usual, things have been going off the hook around here at the Dirt Wise headquarters, especailly with the launch of my wife’s “oh so cute!” (just had to put that) infant and toddler casual clothing line called DirtBaby. We had a great response to it so far not only through the www.dirtbaby.com website but [...] Continue Reading

Salt Lake City, UT: 10/01/09- Ricky Dietrich, the defending 2008 AMA Endurocross Champion, 2008 AMA Athlete of the Year & 2006 WORCS National Pro champ will sport Rockwell in 2010 & 2011.  JR Publications & Rockwell finalized the deal late this week for Ricky to sport the infamous Rockwell hardware.  Dietrich will wear the select [...] Continue Reading